As the morning sun hits the big steel trestle at Covel, West Virginia, on October 18, 2003, an eastbound Norfolk Southern coal train thunders up the 2.07 percent grade to Clarks Gap. Two locomotiv... (more)

An eastbound Norfolk Southern coal train crosses the high steel trestle at the former mining community of Micajah, West Virginia, on the drab day of January 4, 2003. Three more locomotives are pus... (more)

Five Norfolk Southern locomotives cross the high steel trestle at the former mining community of Micajah, West Virginia, on the afternoon of October 20, 2001. The engines had just taken the first ... (more)

On the morning of November 14, 2005, two QJ steam locomotives lead a long westbound freight train around the sweeping curve just east of Lindong on the Jitong Railway. On the previous day, nine of... (more)

Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train waits at control point Wood for permission from the Canadian National dispatcher to continue north along the Mississippi River. The lights of Dubuque, Iowa, shine ... (more)

With Train Festival 2011 just ended, an Iowa Interstate Railroad steam volunteer takes a drink in front no. 7081 in between night hostling duties in Rock Island. In the background is the Centennia... (more)

Union Pacific northbound freight train about to enter the Ostrander Tunnel just north of Kelso, Washington, shrouded by bigleaf maple trees at peak fall color. The photo was made while heading hom... (more)